Ebook: Advances in Computational Multibody Systems

Among all the fields in solid mechanics the methodologies associated to multibody dynamics are probably those that provide a better framework to aggregate different disciplines. This idea is clearly reflected in the multidisciplinary applications in biomechanics that use multibody dynamics to describe the motion of the biological entities, or in finite elements where the multibody dynamics provides powerful tools to describe large motion and kinematic restrictions between system components, or in system control for which multibody dynamics are the prime form of describing the systems under analysis, or even in applications with fluid-structures interaction or aeroelasticity. This book contains revised and enlarged versions of selected communications presented at the ECCOMAS Thematic Conference in Multibody Dynamics 2003 that took place in Lisbon, Portugal, which have been enhanced in their self-containment and tutorial aspects by the authors. The result is a comprehensive text that constitutes a valuable reference for researchers and design engineers and helps to appraise the potential of application of multibody dynamics to a wide range of scientific and engineering areas of relevance.

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Among all the fields in solid mechanics the methodologies associated to multibody dynamics are probably those that provide a better framework to aggregate different disciplines. This idea is clearly reflected in the multidisciplinary applications in biomechanics that use multibody dynamics to describe the motion of the biological entities, or in finite elements where the multibody dynamics provides powerful tools to describe large motion and kinematic restrictions between system components, or in system control for which multibody dynamics are the prime form of describing the systems under analysis, or even in applications with fluid-structures interaction or aeroelasticity. This book contains revised and enlarged versions of selected communications presented at the ECCOMAS Thematic Conference in Multibody Dynamics 2003 that took place in Lisbon, Portugal, which have been enhanced in their self-containment and tutorial aspects by the authors. The result is a comprehensive text that constitutes a valuable reference for researchers and design engineers and helps to appraise the potential of application of multibody dynamics to a wide range of scientific and engineering areas of relevance.

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Among all the fields in solid mechanics the methodologies associated to multibody dynamics are probably those that provide a better framework to aggregate different disciplines. This idea is clearly reflected in the multidisciplinary applications in biomechanics that use multibody dynamics to describe the motion of the biological entities, or in finite elements where the multibody dynamics provides powerful tools to describe large motion and kinematic restrictions between system components, or in system control for which multibody dynamics are the prime form of describing the systems under analysis, or even in applications with fluid-structures interaction or aeroelasticity. This book contains revised and enlarged versions of selected communications presented at the ECCOMAS Thematic Conference in Multibody Dynamics 2003 that took place in Lisbon, Portugal, which have been enhanced in their self-containment and tutorial aspects by the authors. The result is a comprehensive text that constitutes a valuable reference for researchers and design engineers and helps to appraise the potential of application of multibody dynamics to a wide range of scientific and engineering areas of relevance.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-VII
A Fast and Simple Semi-Recursive Formulation for Multi-Rigid-Body Systems....Pages 1-23
Hardware-in-the-Loop for Quality Assurance of an Active Automotive Safety System....Pages 25-44
Multibody Aspects of Motorcycle Modelling with Special Reference to Autosim....Pages 45-68
Gluing for Dynamic Simulation of Distributed Mechanical Systems....Pages 69-94
Multiscale Methods for Multibody Systems with Impacts....Pages 95-124
Unified Modelling Theories for the Dynamics of Multidisciplinary Multibody Systems....Pages 125-154
A Biomechanical Multibody Model with a Detailed Locomotion Muscle Apparatus....Pages 155-184
Understanding Mean-Axis Conditions as Floating Reference Frames....Pages 185-203
Robust analysis of flexible multibody systems and joint clearances in an energy conserving framework....Pages 205-237
Modelling, Control and Validation of Flexible Robot Manipulators....Pages 239-268
An Elastic Simulation Model of a Metal Pushing V-Belt CVT....Pages 269-293
Multicriteria Optimization of Train Structures for Crashworthiness....Pages 295-317
Multi-Criteria Optimization of a Hexapod Machine....Pages 319-343
Multibody dynamics in advanced education....Pages 345-370

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Among all the fields in solid mechanics the methodologies associated to multibody dynamics are probably those that provide a better framework to aggregate different disciplines. This idea is clearly reflected in the multidisciplinary applications in biomechanics that use multibody dynamics to describe the motion of the biological entities, or in finite elements where the multibody dynamics provides powerful tools to describe large motion and kinematic restrictions between system components, or in system control for which multibody dynamics are the prime form of describing the systems under analysis, or even in applications with fluid-structures interaction or aeroelasticity. This book contains revised and enlarged versions of selected communications presented at the ECCOMAS Thematic Conference in Multibody Dynamics 2003 that took place in Lisbon, Portugal, which have been enhanced in their self-containment and tutorial aspects by the authors. The result is a comprehensive text that constitutes a valuable reference for researchers and design engineers and helps to appraise the potential of application of multibody dynamics to a wide range of scientific and engineering areas of relevance.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-VII
A Fast and Simple Semi-Recursive Formulation for Multi-Rigid-Body Systems....Pages 1-23
Hardware-in-the-Loop for Quality Assurance of an Active Automotive Safety System....Pages 25-44
Multibody Aspects of Motorcycle Modelling with Special Reference to Autosim....Pages 45-68
Gluing for Dynamic Simulation of Distributed Mechanical Systems....Pages 69-94
Multiscale Methods for Multibody Systems with Impacts....Pages 95-124
Unified Modelling Theories for the Dynamics of Multidisciplinary Multibody Systems....Pages 125-154
A Biomechanical Multibody Model with a Detailed Locomotion Muscle Apparatus....Pages 155-184
Understanding Mean-Axis Conditions as Floating Reference Frames....Pages 185-203
Robust analysis of flexible multibody systems and joint clearances in an energy conserving framework....Pages 205-237
Modelling, Control and Validation of Flexible Robot Manipulators....Pages 239-268
An Elastic Simulation Model of a Metal Pushing V-Belt CVT....Pages 269-293
Multicriteria Optimization of Train Structures for Crashworthiness....Pages 295-317
Multi-Criteria Optimization of a Hexapod Machine....Pages 319-343
Multibody dynamics in advanced education....Pages 345-370
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